Video - Seelie/Unseelie

[teenyoda]

[Stiles hasn't used the lockets until today, a day spent flicking mostly through the posts and seeing how to actually work this thing and, oh, okay. Like that. It was like a weird magical phone set to Skype. Okay. He could do that.

Smile into the camera, Stiles.]

Hey there, uh, fairy people. And non-fairy people. And, uh, the draconically inclined. Or furry. I don't... just... hi. So, in light of the whole worm thing, which by the way, eww, I have a question. Since there seem to be a lot of, um, not exactly human people around and ones who have skills with like, swords and magic and stuff, ah, what... hypothetically speaking, would someone who was just a regular, normal, average human be able to do here? You know, besides hiding under tables and throwing rocks ineffectively?

[This was a very important question, Drabwurld. He wasn't a werewolf or a wizard or witch or... any of the multitude of people here that he'd run into. His coordination was subpar and, well, he didn't really have any skills that included cutting the heads off of giant worms or not getting eaten by dragons if they felt the need.]

Just, ah, I guess just reply here, if you want. Or leave a message if you're looking at it later. 'Kay. Uh, thanks.

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[steeledskin]

Our winters -- [ she's getting a little more accustomed to all these differences: my world; your world; their worlds. ] They last years, sometimes.

[teenyoda]

Really? Like... a full year? Jesus. That would... suck.

[steeledskin]

...Suck?

[ sorry. that usage is unfamiliar to her. ]

[teenyoda]

Um... suck? Yeah, like... be not good. Suck di--

Just.. it's means not good.

[steeledskin]

So [ ... ] why not simply say that it isn't good, then?

[teenyoda]

Because it's a... a thing. We use slang, where I come from. Things suck, they're cool, they're lame, that's hot, that's not and so on. It's just sort of the way language has evolved.

[steeledskin]

Like...like bummer?

[ her voice drops to a whisper when she says it. someone at the feast had explained it to her, but she still feared it might be some really dreafdul word to say aloud. ]

[teenyoda]

[He has to actively fight not to laugh, not wanting her to think he's laughing at her as much as how she says it.]

Yeah, like bummer. Bummer's like, a downer. Like, 'aww, that's a bummer', means 'aww, that's not good. I'm sad about that'.

[steeledskin]

So -- am I right in thinking that something that sucks would, therefore, also be a a bummer?

[teenyoda]

Maybe? A bummer is kind of something that makes you sad. Something that sucks is something that's bad or isn't done really well. Like, you could have a sucky pizza. Burned, bad toppings, tastes like crap. It sucks. And that's a bummer.

[steeledskin]

[ are you ready for round two? 'cause... ]

Pizza?

[teenyoda]

...

[Goddammit.]

It's a food. A really, really tasty food that I probably can't get here.

[steeledskin]

...Is it very had to acquire? Is it rare?

[teenyoda]

Rare? No... not even a little. It's just...

You can't make pizza in elfland.

[You probably could, but he didn't know how.]

[steeledskin]

Have you asked? [ because she'd thought there were no lemon cakes (tragedy!) but then certain inquiries had been made, and her heart had been reassured. lemon cakes did exist exist in -- ah -- elfland. ]

[teenyoda]

No.

[Because he seriously doubted there was a delivery for faezza. Pixie Pizza, glitter non-optional.]

It's not exactly something that became popular until the last century where I came from. This place is... way, way behind that.

[steeledskin]

-- It does not seem so slow or behind in the times. But...perhaps that's my problem. Not yours.

[teenyoda]

You guys have planes? Movie theaters? Microwaves? Electricity?

[steeledskin]

I'm sorry -- [ she stammers. ] None of those things. Well -- I think there are plains somewhere in the south.

[teenyoda]

[Yes, he noticed the stammering.]

Look, uh... I'm not trying to bite your head off or anything. I'm literally like the least dangerous person in existence. Don't... do that.

[It made him feel like she thought he was going to hurt her or something and it had his stomach twisting uncomfortably.]

[steeledskin]

[ but aren't those who claim to be the least dangerous usually amidst those she should be most wary of?

so what can she do except apologize once again: ] I'm sorry. [ she sucks in a breath. ] It's only that I'm a little overwhelmed.

[teenyoda]

[Oh, you sweet summer child. If only you knew.]

Yeah, well, that can happen when you're kidnapped and dragged off to fairy land. Seriously. It's no biggie.

[steeledskin]

...Is that what we've decided to call it? Fairy land?

[ oh, it will be a long long time before she manages to catch on to futuristic wry humour. ]

[teenyoda]

Um, no? Maybe? I don't know. Pixieville? Elftown? Land of the sparkly sparkles.

[steeledskin]

Drabwurld. [ she gives the correction very softly; after all, she's read it in the books. ]